Perry Severson
Title
Perry Severson
Description
This collection contains a newspaper article about the sinking of the U.S.S Denmark in 1888. This collection was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest.
Source
Perry Severson, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
Date
1880-04
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Collection Items
Newspaper Article about SS Danmark Shipwreck
A copy of an original newspaper article covering the sinking of the SS Danmark. On April 5, 1889, heavy winds and high seas caused the ship to begin sinking on its voyage from Copenhagen to New York with 665 passengers, most of whom were women who…
Perry Severson Discusses the SS Danmark and His Family's History
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